Principal Safety Analysis Engineer (ENEC Operations)

Posting Date: 24 Jun 2026

Requisition ID: 3807

Location: HQ - Abu Dhabi

Posting Status: Active Recruitment

Job Purpose

Lead safety analysis activities across BNPP units, implementing established methodologies and contributing to the development of alternative solutions to support alignment with core safety requirements, design standards, and plant operational needs

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

Lead Nuclear Safety Analysis Activities
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Lead and oversee Nuclear Safety analysis and calculations (LOCA and Non-LOCA) in support of the BNPP fleet, ensuring adherence to FANR and ENEC procedures
Ensure the development of safe, efficient, and economical core designs that meet safety, licensing, and operational criteria.
Lead the preparation, review, and updates of FSAR chapters (including Chapters 4, 6, and 15), Technical Specifications, and licensing documents.
Lead the development design methodology, calculations, and licensing documents to be used for establishing ENEC capabilities. These may include first-of-a-kind activities.

Support of Safety Analysis Plant Support Activities
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Oversee the incorporation of fuel and design changes into setpoint analyses to ensure safe and flexible operation.
Lead support for plant operation requests from ENEC Operations, including resolution of fuel failure events, transient scenarios, and FOAK operational issues.
Support and guide operational testing phases including Low-Power Physics Testing (LPPT), COLSS/CPCS testing, and Power Ascension Testing (PAT).

Responsibilities & Accountabilities (contd.)

Lead Strategic Projects
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Lead and support strategic projects that advance department objectives, ensuring alignment with operational, safety, and regulatory requirements.
Provide support in projects related to fuel design evolution, qualification of new fuel vendors, and integration of advanced methodologies.
Lead initiatives aimed at developing vendor-independent design capabilities to support the UAE’s long-term nuclear self-sufficiency goals.
Lead discussions with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project outcomes are delivered with high quality, on schedule, and aligned with strategic priorities.

Lead Stakeholder Communication and Knowledge Sharing
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Lead stakeholder engagement efforts, representing the organization in high-level technical discussions and conferences.
Communicate complex engineering concepts clearly to diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.
Drive knowledge transfer strategies to build internal capabilities and ensure consistent performance across the team.
Provide structured mentorship and supports the development of training programs, including On-the-Job Training (OJT)

Health, Safety and Environment, Security and Business Continuity
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

All individuals take personal responsibility for safety; follow company HSE policies, procedures and instructions; avoid complacency and continuously challenge existing conditions and activities in order to identify discrepancies that might result in error or in appropriate action; report any situation that could present a hazard; not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace in the interest of health, safety, welfare or protection or management of the environment.
Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others and corporate assets.
Follow all relevant Business Continuity and Resilience requirements for compliance with, and adherence to, policies, procedures and instructions related to the effective planning for, and response to, incidents and/or business disruptions in order to continue critical business processes and activities with minimal adverse impact.

Professional Certifications

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear or Mechanical Engineering.

Preferred - Master’s Degree in Nuclear or Mechanical Engineering.

Experience

6 to 7 years of relevant experience.

Preferred - 8+ years of relevant experience

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